Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Edition; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
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Page 103
... wool . As the motions of the loom are chiefly of a reciprocating kind , they are produced , in some looms , by the agency of cranks , and in others by cams or wipers , acting upon weights or springs . - Twilling . In the mode of plain ...
... wool . As the motions of the loom are chiefly of a reciprocating kind , they are produced , in some looms , by the agency of cranks , and in others by cams or wipers , acting upon weights or springs . - Twilling . In the mode of plain ...
Page 110
... wool contains 240 lbs . A truss of hay weighs 56 lbs . , and of straw 36 . stone of glass is 5 lbs .; a seam 24 stone . = 1 wey in Essex , 66 in Suffolk , 1 firkin , DIVISION II . - Troy Weight . 1 pennyweight 1 ounce = 1 pound . London ...
... wool contains 240 lbs . A truss of hay weighs 56 lbs . , and of straw 36 . stone of glass is 5 lbs .; a seam 24 stone . = 1 wey in Essex , 66 in Suffolk , 1 firkin , DIVISION II . - Troy Weight . 1 pennyweight 1 ounce = 1 pound . London ...
Page 203
... wool - combing manufactory still ex- ists in it ; and , of late years , the silk man- ufacture has been introduced . There is a navigable river or canal to Southamp- ton . All the public business of Hamp- shire is , however , transacted ...
... wool - combing manufactory still ex- ists in it ; and , of late years , the silk man- ufacture has been introduced . There is a navigable river or canal to Southamp- ton . All the public business of Hamp- shire is , however , transacted ...
Page 248
... Wool ; a term used very indefinite- ly . It is applied both to the fine hair of animals , as sheep , rabbits , some species of goats , the vicugna , & c . , and to fine vegeta- ble fibres , as cotton ( the German name of which is tree - ...
... Wool ; a term used very indefinite- ly . It is applied both to the fine hair of animals , as sheep , rabbits , some species of goats , the vicugna , & c . , and to fine vegeta- ble fibres , as cotton ( the German name of which is tree - ...
Page 249
... wool ; while the wool of those that are pastured on rich , loamy , argillaceous soils , is always distin- guished by its softness . The Saxon wool is generally softer than the Spanish . Hard wools are all defective in felting proper ...
... wool ; while the wool of those that are pastured on rich , loamy , argillaceous soils , is always distin- guished by its softness . The Saxon wool is generally softer than the Spanish . Hard wools are all defective in felting proper ...
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